ESPN CHILTON SPORTS POLL: YOUNG GUNS NOT AMONG FAVS, YET

In December of '97, ESPN Chilton Sports Poll
interviewed over 900 figure skating fans and asked them
about their favorite male and female figure skaters:

FAV.
MALE PRO FIGURE SKATERS

FAV.
FEMALE PRO FIGURE
SKATERS

None

46.4%

None

41.3%

Scott
Hamilton

34.8%

Kristi
Yamaguchi

17.7%

Brian
Boitano

8.5%

Katarina
Witt

9.6%

Elvis
Stojko

5.9%

Nancy Kerrigan

9.5%

ESPN Chilton notes that U.S. Figure Skating Champs Tara
Lipinski, Michelle Kwan and Nicole Bobek, who will be
competing in the '98 Nagano Game, are currently not in the
top five. ESPN Chilton will revisit this list again in
February and March, when the three are likely to appear.
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